Site Name is taken, but when visited the author deleted it.

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  galambertii · Member · Mar 18, 2014 at 2:31 pm

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  I would like to create a blog with a wordpress.com site name that is already taken. But when I visit the taken address, it says the author deleted it. So since the name is up for grabs, why am I not able to register for that site?

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  zeit2play · Member · Mar 18, 2014 at 2:44 pm

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  Hi galambertii ~

  Once a domain name has been used and/or deleted it cannot be reused again.

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  galambertii · Member · Mar 18, 2014 at 4:51 pm

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  Ah, well…that sucks hahaha! Ty for the quick reply ^_^

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  timethief · Member · Mar 18, 2014 at 4:58 pm

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  Although deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/
  you can register another .wordpress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/register-a-blog/

  Then if you wish to you can register a domain via a domain mapping upgrade because it does not matter what the underlying .wordpress.com address is when you are domain mapping.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/register-domain/